By Stelios Kandias
THE increase in the minimum wage announced by the Prime Minister will be “Brave but realistic” stressed o Deputy Minister of Social Security Panos Tsakloglou in the within the 7th Delphi Economic Forum.
According to the deputy minister, the process of setting the minimum wage adopted by the government “is already valid in many European countries”.
With the previous system stated, “Nobody was talking about outsiders”, explaining that “we had reached the phenomenon that in 2007 Greece had the second highest rate of economic growth and the 4th or 5th unemployment rate. The worst privilege? The highest unemployment rate in the EU among young people and women “.
Regarding the “thawing” of pensions after 12 years, the Deputy Minister of Social Security pledged to move forward.
For the supplementary insurance reform The Undersecretary of Social Security defended the new capitalization system, stressing that “This system creates capital. Taxes will be invested in the Greek economy. “Higher investments mean more taxes and more contributions that the economy needs.” The returns of capitalization systems in the long run are much higher. “We believe that future retirees will receive much higher pensions,” he said.
The new system is mandatory for those who join from 1/1/2022 around 40,000 insured. Next year, the platform will be opened for people under the age of 35 – when the law was passed – who want to join the new system voluntarily, whether they have an auxiliary obligation or not.
Regarding the studies that accompanied the law on supplementary insurance and whether they have become unreal after the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, Panos Tsakloglou clarified that “These are all short-term fluctuations up and down … Macroeconomic conservative estimates have been made because we wanted to be absolutely sure. “We care what happens financially because we are a country with a large debt.”
Finally, he announced in advance that in 2022 there will be legislative intervention for occupational insurance, as the existing one is quite old.
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